UNDERCOVER


Meaning of UNDERCOVER in English

adjective

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undercover...agent (= secret )

an undercover agent

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■ NOUN

agent

The Fedpol had undercover agents there, naturally, but no official presence.

Michael Osborne told investigators that drugs were so prevalent at Cyberzone that undercover agents needed help from fellow deputies working off-duty.

In the guise of travelling labourers they were sent to Wokingham Fair as undercover agents .

I want to apply to become an undercover agent .

Normally, however, he was resident in London, operating as an undercover agent there.

The informant showed gun crates marked with the names of Norinco and Poly Technologies to an undercover agent .

They had undercover agents everywhere in the hotel.

cop

But it's great fun watching these little monsters give undercover cop Arnie the run-around.

People dived aside as undercover cops ambushed a post office raid.

investigation

The two-year undercover investigation which culminated Thursday, involved 130 searches in 36 states.

officer

In fact, it was a police exercise and was solely staffed by two undercover officers calling themselves Gary and Aggi.

Aron stated she was willing to pay for services, and she and the undercover officer discussed money.

Annalisa Sellen was one of the undercover officers responsible for the operation.

operation

There was also widespread disquiet over the nature of the undercover operation which had trapped him.

Postal inspectors changed the name of the business to Island Male, and ran it as an undercover operation .

Dolezal decides to play detective in a one man undercover operation , wandering naively into deathtrap after deathtrap.

They died almost five years ago in the undercover operation near Omagh, Co Tyrone.

According to law-enforcement sources, it was part of Operation Corea, an undercover operation designed to track the flow of heroin.

Police would be allowed to use undercover operations and to tap telephones in the course of anti-Mafia investigations.

operative

An on-site undercover operative can offer an employer protection without the presence of an armed guard.

Some companies routinely bring in undercover operatives every six to 12 months, Kimmons said.

work

But the covert groupings have had their undercover work rumbled by loyalists.

You have people who do undercover work , I believe, like mingle with students or go to political meetings.

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an undercover investigation

He was arrested after trying to sell guns to an undercover FBI agent.

People dived aside as undercover cops ambushed a planned post office raid.

Six members of a drug-smuggling gang were arrested after an 18-month undercover police operation.

The unit is equipped to deal with a variety of situations, including undercover surveillance.

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How about undercover angels dressed as Batman and Robin?

However, the two men he approached to arrange the murder were undercover detectives and Taylor and his daughter were arrested.

I want to apply to become an undercover agent.

In a rare public statement, the tough undercover soldiers - whose motto is Who Dares Wins - have apologised.

One final question seems pertinent: What would the response have been had Mr Brettell's offence involved instead an undercover policewoman?

Then I heard the slap-slap-slap of rubber-soled feet coming across the yard and did what any ice-cool undercover dude would do.

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